Le Matin de Paris


Le Matin de Paris was a French daily newspaper, founded on 1 March 1977 by Claude Perdriel, and disappearing in 1987. Its foundation is the subject of the documentary Numéros zéro by Raymond Depardon.

History

The daily of the ''Nouvel Observateur''

Founded in 1977 by the chief executive of Le Nouvel Observateur, Le Matin de Paris shared its director, capital, journalists and structures with Jean Daniel's weekly paper.
These links were at first capitalistic in nature in which, by the bias of the SA Le Nouvel Observateur du Monde or by that of its CEO Claude Perdriel, the weekly and its director controlled 53% of its initial capital. Later, in February 1978, Le Nouvel Observateur put 1 750 000 francs at Le Matin's disposal, constituting new financial assistance opposed by the personnel of Le Nouvel Observateur.
This financial support was brought about on the daily newspaper's board of directors by a very strong presence of those responsible for Le Nouvel Observateur. Thus, alongside his general administrator Bernard Villeneuve, "faithful right-arm of Claude Perdriel" in charge of the Observateur 's promotion and sales, are presently Gilles Martinet, Philippe Viannay and, until his death in May 1979, Jacques Deshayes. This presence reinforced itself in April 1981 with the addition of Jean Daniel and of Roger Priouret, with only Roger Colombani not historically linked to the newspaper of the rue d'Aboukir.

A daily highly engaged on the side of the PS

The agony of ''Le Matin de Paris''

Figures on ''Le Matin de Paris''